The Great Chinese Lottery Heist

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

Comedy, History, True Crime

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ren Xiaofeng thought he had a good life –– married, blessed with two twins, a good job at a bank. But it wasn't enough. He needed more. So he came up with a plan: what if he robbed the bank where he worked and then plowed that ill-gotten capital into his quick-cash investment strategy? He thought with all that newfound money he'd be a shoo-in to win a huge lottery prize. His plan had obvious flaws, but you can't win if you don't play.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:24.5	Guaranteed Human. Ridiculous Crime is a production of IHeart Radio. There she is. Miss Elizabeth Dutton. Here I am. Hi, Saren. How are you doing? I'm great. I see you got here first this time. Nice. Congratulations. I know. I got here super early. Yeah. It took four buses to get here.
0:22.0	I'm impressed.
0:22.8	I got a question for you, early bird.
0:25.3	Yes, sir.
0:25.8	Do you know what's ridiculous?
0:26.8	I do.
0:27.3	What?
0:27.9	It's a mashup between me and some email.
0:33.3	Oh.
0:34.1	This sounds promising.
0:35.2	It is.
0:36.1	We got this ridiculously cool email from a guy.
0:39.6	I'm going to read it to you.
0:40.8	Uh-huh.
0:41.7	Hello, ZED and furry four-legged intern and occasional two-legged intern furries.
0:48.5	I've done it.
0:49.6	I have been listening to True Crime Podcasts forever.
0:54.1	In a random search for Winnipeg crime, my hometown, unfortunately, I came across your episode
1:00.3	The Great Jewel Thief.
1:01.9	I actually remember the C-IBC bank robbery as I was a young lad in my early 20s when it
1:07.6	occurred.
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